From left: Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and CEO of 23andMe; Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, formerly at Google; Esther Wojcicki, mum, author, teacher and journalist; Stan Wojcicki, dad, retired physicist at Stanford University; and Janet Wojcicki, professor of paediatrics at UCSF CODY PICKENS FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINEA door opens and a disembodied voice echoes down the hallway. Esther Wojcicki is apologising before she even enters her sitting room. It is quiet, except for the muffled blare of a cable news show in another room where her husband, Stan, is transfixed by the Mueller report into Russian election tampering. “Don’t worry, I’m not wearing this,” she says, pointing to her striped jumper and jeans. I’ll change.”You’ve probably never heard of the 78-year-old high-school teacher from California.

Source: The Times April 27, 2019 23:06 UTC